Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1914 — Hammond Men Came Near Cashing in at Jerry’s Island. [ARTICLE]

Hammond Men Came Near Cashing in at Jerry’s Island.

Hammond, Ind., July 17.—An attempt to blow up the|uinting lodge at Jerry’s Island Kankakee river and thereby kill six wealthy Hammond men, among them A. H. Tapper, was made Thursday night. The steps of the clubhouse were saturated with oil and a dynamite bomb placed near them. It was discovered with the fuse burning and thrown into the river. - Earlier in the night an ax was thrown into the sleeping room of Wiliam Wlicockson, who was cut by window glass. The attacks are ( attributed to river pirates and bushwhackers, who bbjeet to thoT>T6sence of the hunters and fishers on the river.